James H. Cross II has been named as chair of the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering. The appointment was
effective in July.
Cross, who is completing his tenth year on the
faculty, succeeds Stephen Seidman, who left for a position
at Colorado State University.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in software engineering
and directs research in the areas of software methodology, testing, reverse
engineering, and metrics.
As well, he has developed software engineering courses in design
methodology and software environments. His most recent research efforts include
the projects funded by NASA and the Department of Defense.
Cross has served as general chair and program chair for numerous
IEEE Computer Society and ACM conferences. He served for two years as
secretary for the Computer Society Publications Board, is a member of the
Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE), and
has served on the group's operating and executive committees.
He served four years as the founding chair of the TCSE Committee on
Reverse Engineering, which numbers more than 600 active members. He is
currently serving as secretary of the TCSE. Cross received the undergraduate
degree in mathematics from the University of Houston in 1971, and the
master's in mathematics there in 1976. He received his doctorate in computer
science from Texas A&M University in 1986.
"Its a privilege to chair a
department that consists of talented and
productive faculty and students," Cross noted.
"I anticipate good progress and continued improvement in the quality of
CSE's instruction and research."
Cross adds that "the number of companies coming to campus to
interview our undergraduates increased by 40 percent from last year.
"Predictions by the Department of Labor of continued growth in the
job market for CSE graduates have been on target."
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